26 Feb
2018
26 Feb
'18
3:23 a.m.
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
I know it has been discussed a billion times
before...
My personal measure has nothing to do with the 20 year rule - I use the
introduction of the PC as the end of the Vintage era. IBM made the
computing industry standard and boring.
Anything pre - 1982 is interesting, anything post 1982 is a boat anchor...
(Duck)
I think that the PC/5150
(truly a "danger to itself and others", using another meaning of
"5150")
was August 11, 1981.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com